"This article examines academic achievements of immigrant youths in four new immigration countries: Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The analysis based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of 2009 and 2012 reveals large educational achievement gaps between immigrant children and natives in all four south European countries. The […]

"Immigrant female and also male workers are increasingly involved in the supply of care services in the countries of the Global North, and they are especially so in elderly care. In the countries of southern Europe, but to an increasing extent also in countries like Germany and Austria, the care work of immigrants is embedded in a specific care regime. […]

"What influences the decisions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return home after prolonged displacement? This article investigates the attitudes of victims of forced migration by analysing survey data on Kurdish displaced persons and returnees in Turkey. In an attempt to give a voice to displaced persons, we survey the conditions under which I […]

"This review article compares Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen's analysis in Access to Asylum, with the outcomes of three recent landmark decisions of the European Court of Human Rights: Hirsi Jamaa, Al Skeini and Al Jedda. The central question of Gammeltoft-Hansen’s book is whether new practices of states in the field of immigration control—in particular […]

"Harsh, Unjust, Unnecessary' : Adult Dependant Relative Report, is a new report by JCWI and BritCits, launched on 9 July 2014, the second anniversary of the family migration rules. The new Adult Dependent Relative Rules (‘ADR Rules’) came into force in July 2012 as part of the changes to Family Migration rules. The ADR Rules provide for elderly par […]

"Just a quick one to flag up a new report by Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration John Vine into the European Casework Directorate at the Home Office. The report is generally quite positive but the emphasis of the press release, introductory text and subsequent press reports is on potentially abuse of EU rights" Tags: reports […]

"This study seeks to understand the composition, use and cultural orientation of mental health evidence within the UK’s refugee status determination (RSD) process, focusing specifically on mental health evidence provided in the form of a medico-legal report (MLR). By exploring those themes, this paper also strives to provide insight into what constitute […]

"In the words of UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, we face ‘the most serious refugee crisis for 20 years’. Recent displacement from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan, and Somalia has increased the number of refugees in the world to 15.4 million. Significantly, some 10.2 million of these people are in protracted refugee situations. […]

"The Migration Advisory Committee has today released a detailed examination of migrants in low-skilled jobs in the UK and their wider impacts. In 2013 there were 2.1 million foreign born workers in low-skilled jobs in the UK, one million of whom had come to the UK since 2004. Many of the findings of the MAC research echo those of prior investigations in […]

"The European Migration Network (EMN), which works under the aegis of the Home Affairs Directorate of the European Commission, has published a study entitled Migrant access to social security and healthcare:policies and practice . The study notes that "Social security systems, including access to healthcare, constitute one of the most powerful tool […]

"In 2010 the British government announced that the outrage of child detention for immigration purposes was to end. Simultaneously, however, it commissioned the opening of a new family detention centre, CEDARS, which was to be run under novel governance arrangements by the Home Office, private security company G4S and the children’s charity Barnardo’s. […]

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The Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) is delighted to invite you to:CMRB Annual General Meeting 2017Wednesday 18th October 20173.00-4.00 pm (followed by refreshments)University of East London, Docklands Campus, Room EB.G.10ALL WELCOME4.30-6.00 pm Following the AGM, CMRB will be hosting:European Belonging and the Brexit Continuum […]

The Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) is delighted to invite you to:CMRB Annual General Meeting 2017Wednesday 18th October 20173.00-4.00 pm (followed by refreshments)University of East London, Docklands Campus, Room EB.G.10ALL WELCOME4.30-6.00 pm Following the AGM, CMRB will be hosting:European Belonging and the Brexit Continuum […]